1944 United States House of Representatives elections

1944 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1942 November 7, 1944[a] 1946 →
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives[b] 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Sam Rayburn Joseph Martin Party Democratic Republican Leader since September 16, 1940 January 3, 1939 Leader's seat Texas 4th Massachusetts 14th Last election 222 seats 209 seats Seats won 244 189 Seat change 22 20 Popular vote 23,380,045 21,256,035 Percentage 51.8% 47.1% Swing 4.8% 3.7%   Third party Fourth party   Party American Labor Progressive Last election 1 seat 2 seats Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 152,101 108,068 Percentage 0.3% 0.2% Swing 0.5%   Fifth party   Party Farmer–Labor Last election 1 seat Seats won 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 19,164 Percentage 0.1% Swing 0.4%
Speaker before election Sam Rayburn Democratic Elected Speaker Sam Rayburn Democratic

The 1944 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 79th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 7, 1944, while Maine held theirs on September 11. These elections coincided with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's re-election to a record fourth term.

Roosevelt's popularity allowed his Democratic Party to gain twenty seats from the Republicans and minor parties, cementing the Democratic majority. Also, Americans rallied behind Allied success in World War II, and in turn voted favorably for the administration's course of action.

As of 2024^[update], this is the last time the House of Representatives was made up of four parties (in December 2020, House Republican Paul Mitchell became an Independent, resulting in there being four partisan affiliations (Republican, Democratic, Independent, and Libertarian) though not four political parties).
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